Food and Drink Jan 21, 2010 at 10:02 am

This Is Why Your Kids Are Fat

Dan Savage
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Snacks aren't bad. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner aren't bad either. It's what is eaten and how much. Snacks in our house mean a piece of fruit or some veggies.

I wouldn't begrudge an active and growing kid a healthy snack. They eat what we give them. Junk food doesn't mysteriously pop up in the pantry. The adults need to act like adults.
penthesilea on January 21, 2010 at 11:39 AM Report this
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I agree - the problem is not that the kid is having a snack but what the kid is having for a snack. We actually have an open snacking policy in our home. The kids can snack whenever they want with the only exception being that they cannot snack as I am putting a meal on the table. The trick is that the snack is fruit, yogurt, veggies, nuts, whole grain based dry snacks, etc. It is better for a child to eat something healthy when they are hungry then to pig out at a pre-determined meal time.
pdxmom on January 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM Report this
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meh... I was snacking on 7up and fruit roll-ups all the time when growing up - get home from school, eat some mini donuts and cookies and drink soda, watch cartoons. Then go skateboarding, etc. And I was thin and in shape then, and still am now.

Those kids are fat because they have lousy genes. Their metabolism sucks.
ROM on January 21, 2010 at 1:32 PM Report this
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@ROM - You're only half right. No matter how bad their metabolism sucks, they aren't going to get fat unless they're putting too much food in their mouths. The human body can't make fat out of thin air - only from food above and beyond what the body uses to run.
Reymont on January 21, 2010 at 2:37 PM Report this
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But can it make fat out of fat air?
tk. on January 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM Report this
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And maybe because they are eating crap at home too? Many of the schools dropped Phys ed or it's optional. Here in portland we these fine "alternative" schools where there is zero physical activity, and you can usually catch these emo (shudder) wankers smoking and drinking coffee (wtf do you need coffee for at 15? really?) I am not suggesting everyone should be sports person or jocks (yes nerds, i know they picked on you in school-move on) but when at 43 I am in far better shape than the majority of these kids-that is scary
on January 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM Report this

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